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Because traditional school employees typically work a school calendar rather than a fiscal calendar, a compliance and federal labor law attorney explains how special rules and implications exist in certain scenarios for FMLA.

October 9, 2015Comments Off on ‘Open and obvious’: Best friend of the chamber of commerce

As a 45-year practitioner of the law, as an occasional teacher of the Law (Catholic Central High school and University of Detroit Mercy Law school), as a writer who has written numerous published articles on the law and two published ...

October 9, 2015Comments Off on Don’t be misled by article’s cerebral palsy implications

An article was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled, “Prenatal Factors in Singletons with Cerebral Palsy Born at or Near Term” (Sept. 3). I am writing because I think it’s important to put this article in ...

May 1, 2015Comments Off on The fate of millions rests in the hands of nine

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will determine whether persons involved in loving, committed, same-sex relationships will finally enjoy the fundamental right to marry, or whether they will continue to be treated as second-class citizens by a country founded on the principle that all “are created equal.”

Since a 1999 Michigan Supreme Court ruling, the state’s independent insurance agents have had no idea what their legal obligations are when it comes to advising clients. The Court of Appeals can fix that.